Song of Happy Energy
乐 神 曲
豚 蹄 满 盘 酒 满 杯
清 风 萧 萧 神 欲 来。
愿 神 好 来 复 好 去
男 儿 拜 迎 女 儿 舞。
老 翁 翻 香 笑 且 言
今 年 田 家 胜 去 年。
去 年 解 衣 折 租 价
今 年 有 衣 著 祭 社。
Le Shen Qu
Tun ti man pan jiu man bei
Qing feng xiao xiao shen yu lai.
Yuan shen hao lai fu hao qu
Nan er bai ying nu er wu.
Lao weng cui xiang xiao
Jin nian tian jia sheng qu nian:
Qu nian jie yi she zu jia
Jin nian you yi zhu ji she.
Song of Happy Energy
Plates filled with pig feet, cups with wine
Rustling clear winds, deities expected to come soon.
With the arrival of happy gods, good luck for ourselves
Real men kowtow, while their daughters dance for them.
Village elders light incense with exchanges of words and laughter
Most of this year’s fields and households successful as last year.
Last year some had to sort through their clothes to sell for taxes
But this year we have new clothes, for taxes as well as offerings.